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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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For context, this popped up as I went to the youtube homepage. This is absurd. Of course, I have uBlock Origin, so it doesn't matter to me regardless, but there's no way to say no.

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[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Meanwhile on my account:

"We're not sure if you're 18 or not, so we disabled some functionality like personalized ads"

Can't tell you how to replicate it, because I'm not sure how I've ended up there in the first place